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Date:      Mon, 24 Dec 2018 17:13:46 -0700
From:      Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org>
To:        Manish Jain <jude.obscure@yandex.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: A question about graphics subsystems under FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <5616c0b9-9b3c-06d1-0848-ae164c19edd8@dreamchaser.org>
In-Reply-To: <9b658246-ea2c-254a-fc83-5eb81ea6e53c@yandex.com>
References:  <55b5d06209acb007b2f4f9a4052e77b7@kathe.in> <9b658246-ea2c-254a-fc83-5eb81ea6e53c@yandex.com>

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On 12/23/18 11:13 AM, Manish Jain wrote:

> I have a port mkdesktop which simplifies the task of FreeBSD desktop
> configuration. I was looking to enhance the port in its capabilities
> and it would help me if I could know the various pkg's and kld's
> needed by the various chipsets.
> 
> As per my (incomplete) knowledge, the following are usually needed:
> 
> Chipset   | <Packages>                 | <Modules>
> 
> AMD GPU   | drm-kmod:xf86-video-amdgpu | Radeon    |
> drm-kmod:xf86-video-ati    | radeonkms.ko** NVidia    |
> drm-kmod:nvidia-driver     | nvidia.ko:nvidia-modeset.ko Intel GPU |
> drm-kmod:xf86-video-intel  |
> 
> (** : Radeon appears to need radeon.ko and radeonkms.ko under FreeBSD
> 11.x, and only radeonkms.ko in 12.0)

There are a boatload of additional radeonkmsfw_*.ko modules in /boot, but
I don't know how they are used.  My attempt to use a radeon 5550 board hung
the system (11.2) on exit; haven't had time to look at it.

> I doubt if the above table is entirely correct and complete. Could
> someone please fill me in on the missing tidbits so that I can
> enhance my port (mkdesktop).

Gary



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